Hi folks. I'm considering buying a small thatched cottage, 2 up, 2 down, which has no mains gas supply. I understand that thatched roofs are good insulators, so I'm pleased about that, but... I've lived all my life in houses with common-or-garden gas combi boilers, supplying conventional wall radiators so I'm slightly anxious / excited by the prospect of choosing an alternative. What ideas for a central heating system that's not powered by mains gas can you guys suggest? There's a decent amount of garden, too so a ground heat source pump isn't out of the question, but would sure make a reck of the lawn!
heating for small cottage, with no mains gas supply
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tanked gas or oil maybe .but of course you need top up deliveries and access for the delivery tankers.
I have LPG bottles, in the depth of winter, a bottle lasts 10 days. (heating only)
While the thatch does provide good insulation they can allow cold air into the loft space when the wintery wind is strong. It depends on the way the roof has been thatched. The thicker the horizontal base layer the better.
Get a Master Thatcher to look at the roof and give you an appraisal of it's condition and how long before it will need maintance or re-thatching
Also get quotations for insurance costs before committing yourself to purchasing the cottage. Insuring a property with a thatched roof is expensive and on going.
Ground sourced heat pumps can be effective at heating a cottage. Depending on the geology of your garden a couple of deep bore holes may be more economical in effort and provide more than enough low grade heat for the pump. One succesful installation uses water pumped up from the orignal well, through the heat pump and returned to a new bore hole close to the well. That is on chalk.
Some people say underfloor heating ( UFH ) suits heat pumps better as it is a lower temperature system but installing UFH can be very expensive if the present floor is direct on the ground and ceiling height is too low to allow the floor to be raised.
Get a Master Thatcher to look at the roof and give you an appraisal of it's condition and how long before it will need maintance or re-thatching
Also get quotations for insurance costs before committing yourself to purchasing the cottage. Insuring a property with a thatched roof is expensive and on going.
Ground sourced heat pumps can be effective at heating a cottage. Depending on the geology of your garden a couple of deep bore holes may be more economical in effort and provide more than enough low grade heat for the pump. One succesful installation uses water pumped up from the orignal well, through the heat pump and returned to a new bore hole close to the well. That is on chalk.
Some people say underfloor heating ( UFH ) suits heat pumps better as it is a lower temperature system but installing UFH can be very expensive if the present floor is direct on the ground and ceiling height is too low to allow the floor to be raised.
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Sounds very much like our property, (originally had storage heaters and open fires) I installed Oil Fired central Heating, Storage tank in garden.
Oil prices do fluctuate, best to top up in summer months or join a group that bulk buys Oil for Householders.
LPG Gas expensive
Oil prices do fluctuate, best to top up in summer months or join a group that bulk buys Oil for Householders.
LPG Gas expensive
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